Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regards to the whole idea of raising taxes, there was a question raised by Mr. Picco in regards to VLTs, lotteries, things such as that, but I think that it is great to advertise that we are the lowest tax jurisdiction in the country, yet everyone else is seriously looking at raising taxes to raise that extra revenue. We cannot continue to depend on the federal government for our funds and that is one other area we could look to raising taxes. Has the Minister of the department looked at ways of generating new revenues in regards to specific programs? Since he does not want to tax lotteries and look at VLTs, are there other mechanisms that you are looking at to generate revenues?
David Krutko on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 9th, 1997
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